Tinkering, Making, and Engineering in Preschool and Kindergarten
Teaching Young Children is NAEYC's magazine for anyone who works with preschoolers. Colorful, informative, and easy-to-read, TYC is packed full of teaching ideas, strategies, and tips.
This article provides an overview of the history of the Bureau of Educational Experiments and examines the work of a group of women who came together to found the Bureau in 1916.
In this article, we describe the five skills of academic conversations, the ways in which these skills promote literacy and language development, and the strategies teachers can use to foster, scaffold, and assess academic conversations among children.
Jana has worked in the field for more than 20 years, working in instructional, leadership, and advocacy experiences. She has taught pre-K, directed child care centers, and managed the early learning program of Catholic Charities of Baltimore.
As we near NAEYC’s hundredth anniversary, I’m reminded of something my parents used to say: “Honor the past, acknowledge the present, and build for the future.”
